Refuse-collector.



C. D. EATON.

REFUSE COLLECTOR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. n. 1913.

Patented July 20, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON. D. C.

C. D. EATON. REFUSE COLLECTOR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. H, 1913.

1,147,1 51 Patented July 20, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- CLYDE :o. Enron, or rises, ILLINOIS.

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, Specification of Letters Patent.

l atented July 2%, 1915.

Application filed February 11, 1913. Serial No. 747,694.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE D. Ea'roina citizen of the United States, residing at Biggs, in the county of Mason and State of Illinois, have invented, a certain new and useful Improvement in Refuse-Collectors, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to refuse collectors and has for its object an improved device of this kind which is more particularly applicable to scales for the purpose of weighing vehicles. great difficulty that mud or refuse falls down between the platform and the pit, and after a suiiicient amount of this refuse has collected in the pit, the bearings of the scales become sluggish and may even refuse to perform their proper functions altogether. i

It is the object of my invention to provide means within the pit and preferably immediately below the slit between the platform and the pit wall which will collect the refuse as it falls into the pit.

My improved means includes preferably buckets or similar devices which may be removed one by one to remove this refuse at certain predetermined periods of time.

I will describe my invention more in detail by referring to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a scale illustrating my improved devices in place; Fig. 2 is a side view of my improved device; Fig. 3 is a top view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the buckets which I prefer to employ; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the device, and Fig. 6 is a handle for removing the buckets.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, I show a scale platform 1, which through the interposition of suitable bearings 2,2 is held within a pit 3 having the side walls 4, 4.. The platform 1 moves relatively to the pit walls and a slight space as at 5 permits refuse to fall into the pit where, after a sufficient period of time, it will cause the bearings 2, 2 to become sluggish, or fail in performing their proper functions. The platform 1 has at its extremities suitable trap doors 6, 6 by means of which access may be had to the pit at its extremities.

In scales of this kind it is a My improved device for catching the refuse that falls into the pit consists preferably of two supports or standards having the base plate 7 provided with a vertical slot 8 and horizontally extending slots 9, 9. These slots are adapted to accommodate a bolt 10 by means of which a leg 11 may be suitably adjustably held in place upon the base plates 7. The leg 11 is beveled as at 12 so that it may be moved toward the left (Fig. 2) to accommodate for inclined pit walls. My device contemplates two such feet or supports at each extremity and the legs of these supports are preferably notched as at 18, 13 to accommodate a trough 14:, which trough consists of the two sides hinged at 15. The trough is slit transversely at those points where it is set upon the legs 11, 11, and this trough 1 1 extends the entire width of the pit underneath the slit 5. I prefer to make the trough 14E hinged so that it may be collapsed to clear the two end beams 16 between which beams and the pit walls it has to be introduced in place upon its legs 11, 11. This trough 14 is designed to accommodate a plurality of buckets 17 which rest within the trough and which may be removed one by one as the case may be through the use of the handle 18. This handle has arms 19, 19 adapted to engage looped arms 20, 20 provided upon the bucket 17. The buckets 17 of course need not be hinged to collapse because the beams 16 only occupy a small portion of the entire width of the scale proper. The trap doors 6 of course are used to remove the buckets 17.

By referring more particularly to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the buckets 17 being directly underneath the slit 5 collect all the refuse that falls into the pit and this refuse can thus be removed periodically without its having reached the bearings 2, 2. It is a very diflicult process to clean these pits as the refuse, without the use of my invention, has to be removed in small portions at a time.

It will of course be understood that my invention is not to be limited to the specific arrangement as herein set forth as the same idea may be variously applied.

Having however thus described one form which my invention may take, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a collapsible trough, removable legs for supporting said trough, said trough When distended being adapted to receive buckets.

2. A device of the character described comprising a collapsible trough, removable legs for supporting said trough, said trough When distended being adapted to receive buckets, said trough consisting of a pair of hinged plates.

3. A device of the character described comprising a collapsible trough, removable legs for supporting said trough, said trough When distended being adapted to receive buckets, said trough consisting of a pair of hinged plates, said plates being provided with slits to receive said legs.

4. A supporting structure of the character described comprising a collapsible trough consisting of two hinged parts, and a pair of legs adapted to support said trough when in a distended condition, said trough having 'Gop'ies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the a plurality of slots transversely thereof to accommodate said legs.

5. A supporting structure of the character described comprising a collapsible trough CLYDE D. EATON.

Witnesses:

BENJ. H. CAVE, CHARLES M. HAGAN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

